In the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms recorded in history, the Quebec Wood Export Bureau (QWEB) and UNDP have partnered to provide municipal building solutions to the people of Guiuan in the Philippines.

Was the release by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) of the Valley Fault System Atlas a 'tipping point'? Its timing, soon after the devastating earthquake in Nepal, was circumstantial.

Asia and the Pacific has led the world in the drive to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), with the proportion of people living on less than $1.25 per day projected to fall from 53 percent in 1990, to 12 percent by the end of the year. But even where the goals have been met, millions of people are still deprived, says a new UN report.

In the lead-up to the World Environment Day on 5 June and to mark the Month of the Oceans this May, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Department of Environment and Natural Resources – Biodiversity Management Bureau (DENR-BMB) has launched a new partnership to help strengthen the protection, conservation and management of marine key biodiversity areas in the Philippines.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PHIVOLCS) launched the Valley Fault System (VFS) Atlas,a handbook of large scale maps showing in detail areas traversed by the Valley Fault System. In 2012, the DOST-PHIVOLCS revisited the VFS as one of the activities of the Australian Government-funded Greater Metro Manila Area-READY Project under the United Nations Development Programme and implemented by member agencies of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.

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Human Development Report

The Human Development Report Office (HDRO) is pleased to inform that the 2014 Human Development Report 'Sustaining Human Progress: Reducing Vulnerability and Building Resilience' was launched in Tokyo, on 24 July 2014. The 2014 Report highlights the need for both promoting people's choices and protecting human development achievements. It takes the view that vulnerability threatens human development, and unless it is systematically addressed, by changing policies and social norms, progress will be neither equitable nor sustainable.